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Joseph Angell Young
14 Oct 1834 – 5 Aug 1875
| Birth | 14 Oct 1834 |
| Death | 5 Aug 1875 |
| Cemetery | Brigham Young Family Cemetery Salt Lake City , Salt Lake County , Utah , USA |
| Added by | Chrystal C. on 13 Nov 2011 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183987 |
Bio
Son of Brigham Young and Mary Ann Angell Married Mary Ann Ayers, 9 September 1852, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Children - Brigham Truman Young, Mary Thornton Young, Elsie Vilate Young, Elisabeth Young, Catherine Young, Amelia Young, Joseph Angell Young, Bryant Stringham Young, Alice Young Married Athala Elizabeth Grant, 18 December 1856, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Married Margaret Whitehead, 19 February 1857, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Son - Richard Whitehead Young Married Clara Federata Stenhouse, 4 Mar 1867, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Children - Walter Stenhouse Young, Eugene Jared Young, Junius Young, Kane Lester Young Biography - Joseph Angell Young was th first son of Brigham Young and Mary Ann Angell. At the age of twelve he accompanied his parents to Winter Quarters during the Mormon exodus of 1846. He remained at Winter Quarters with his mother during the winter of 1847-48 and accompanied the family (his father having returned to Winter Quarters in the fall of 1847) to the Salt Lake Valley the next year. During the years 1854-56 Joseph labored as a missionary in England, where he presided over the Bradfordshire Conference. It was while he was returning from this mission in 1856 that he participated in the rescue operation described above. Although deprived of education early in his life due to the persecution and frequent moves of the Saints, Joseph studied hard in England and familiarized himself with the writings of Bacon, Blackstone, Locke, and Mill. An avid reader, he collected one of the finest private libraries in Utah. Joseph A. Young, the oldest son of President Brigham Young, was among the Mormon missionaries who arrived in Utah from England on October 4, 1856, bringing news of the precarious condition of handcart immigrants on the plains that year. Relief efforts were immediately organized and within hours Joseph A. and twenty-seven other young men, under the leadership of George D. Grant, had started back into the mountains with sixteen wagonloads of food and clothing. Failing to meet the immigrants at Fort Bridger, Joseph and three others were sent ahead with the message that assistance was on the way. When they found the immigrants, the toll of death had already begun to mount. Of the six hundred Saints camped at Red Buttes alone, comprising Martin's handcart company and Hodgett's wagon train, fifty-six had died of exposure and hunger. As the relief effort proceeded, Joseph A. was sent back to the Salt Lake Valley to report progress and the condition of the immigrants. He arrived in Salt Lake City at 4:00 A.M. on November 13 to tell of the tragedy which, but for the effort of the returning European missionaries, would have been even more devastating than it was. In 1864, Brigham Young ordained three of his sons to the priesthood office of apostle—Brigham Young, Jr., John Willard Young, and Joseph Angell. Unlike his two brothers, Joseph Angell would never become a member of the First Presidency nor, like Brigham Jr., a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Joseph Angell was active in territorial politics and was a member of the Utah Territory's House of Representatives in its 6th, 11th, and 12th sessions and was a member of the territory's senate in its 14th through 19th sessions. Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel , George D. Grant Company (1856), Age at Departure: 21; Rescue Companies (1856), Age at Departure: 21; Joseph W. Young Company (1864), Age at Departure: 29.
Inscription
Joseph A. Young. Eldest Son of Pres. B. Young. Kirtland, Oct. 14, 1834. Manti, Aug. 5, 1875.
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Spouse
- Mary J. Ayers Young 1834–1921 FaG
- Margaret Whitehead Young 1838–1916 FaG
- Clara Federata Stenhouse Agramonte 1850–1893 FaG
Siblings
- Elizabeth Young Ellsworth 1825–1903
- Vilate Young Decker 1830–1902
- Brigham Young Jr 1836–1903
- Mary Ann Young 1836–1843
- L. Ferry Young 1836–1881
- Alice Young Clawson 1839–1874
- Luna Caroline Young Thatcher 1842–1922
- John Willard Young 1844–1924
- Heber Young 1845–1928
- Edward Partridge Young 1845–1852
- Oscar Brigham Young 1846–1910
- Moroni Young 1847–1847
- Mary Eliza Young Croxall 1847–1871
- Ella Elizabeth Young Empey 1847–1890
- Fanny Decker Young Thatcher 1849–1892
- Emily Augusta Young Clawson 1849–1926
- Miranda Hyde Young Conrad 1849–1883
- Clarissa Maria Young Dougall 1849–1935
- Jeannette Richards Young Easton 1849–1930
- Zina Presendia Young Card 1850–1931
- Evelyn Louisa Young Davis 1850–1917
- Hyrum Smith Young 1851–1925
- Caroline Partridge Young Cannon 1851–1903
- Ernest Irving Young 1851–1879
- Royal Barney Young 1851–1929
- Nabbie Howe Young Clawson 1852–1894
- Willard Young 1852–1936
- Eudora Lovina "Dora" Young Hagan 1852–1921
- Mahonri Moriancumer Young 1852–1884
- Emeline Amanda Young Crosbie 1853–1895
- Shamira Young Rossiter 1853–1915
- Julia Young Burton 1853–1889
- Alfales Young 1853–1920
- Joseph Ormal Young 1853–1917
- Brigham Morris Young Sr 1854–1931
- Phoebe Louisa Young Beatie 1854–1931
- Jedediah Grant Young 1855–1856
- Arta DeCrista Young 1855–1916
- Joseph Don Carlos Young 1855–1938
- Louisa Wells Young Ferguson 1855–1908
- Sarah Emeline Young Burns 1855–1933
- Susa Amelia Young Gates 1856–1933
- Lorenzo Dow Young 1856–1905
- Miriam Young Hardy 1857–1919
- Albert Jeddie Young 1858–1864
- Feramorz Little Young 1858–1881
- Alonzo Young 1858–1918
- Josephine Young Young 1860–1912
- Clarissa Hamilton Young Spencer 1860–1939
- Ida Young Higham 1860–1927
- Charlotte Talula Young Wood 1861–1892
- Ruth Young Healy 1861–1944
- Phineas Howe Young 1862–1903
- Laura Young 1862–1862
- Daniel Wells Young 1863–1863
- Rhoda Mabel Young Sanborn 1863–1950
- Adella Young Harrison 1864–1900
- Fannie Van Cott Young Clayton 1870–1950
Children
- Brigham Truman Young 1853–1880 FaG
- Mary Thornton Young 1857–1857 FaG
- Brigadier General Richard Whitehead Young 1858–1919 FaG
- Elsie Vilate Young 1859–1860 FaG
- Elizabeth Wells Cummings Young MacKintosh 1861–1918 FaG
- Catherine "Kate" Young Hall 1864–1950 FaG
- Walter Stenhouse Young 1868–1940 FaG
- Junius Young 1870–1939 FaG
- Briant Stringham Young 1871–1950 FaG
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